Sr. Technical Program Manager, Amazon Points

Job Description

Amazon Points is Amazon’s rewards program, currently offered exclusively in Japan. Amazon Points is one of Amazon’s most strategic initiatives in Japan where sizable segment of customers is passionate about points. Amazon Points aims to drive business growth and customer engagement across consumer products (e.g., books, electronics, sporting goods, fashion and food) and digital products (e.g., Kindle books).

As a Sr. Technical Program Manager (TPM) on the Amazon Points team,you will be responsible for collecting business and systems requirements from internal and external customers, writing specifications, driving project schedules from design to release, and managing the production launch. You will also be responsible for setting project management standards and expectations and delivering large, cross functional projects. You will tackle challenging, novel situations and work with Japan senior management and technical teams across Amazon. You should be comfortable with a degree of ambiguity that is higher than most projects and relish the idea of solving problems that, frankly, haven’t been solved at scale before. Along the way, we guarantee that you will learn a ton, have fun, and make a positive impact on millions of customers.

If you are excited to own and solve complex problems, work with a creative dynamic team, and have passion to build features that millions of customers would love to use, we want to hear from you.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field

A proven track record of being detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to self-motivate and follow through on projects.

Knowledge and experience in large scale system design, distributed computing, and system integration

The ability to deal with ambiguity and a changing environment, as well as a rapid work pace.

Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical cohorts

Business-level English written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

The ability to comfortably and confidently present to and influence senior management